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This is the third of four colour film case studies devoted to BART. Our interest now moves to studying how the BART district came into conflict with the residents of Berkeley, an area through which... BART runs. The community resisted plans to build elevated tracks for the trains through their community and the programme describes the fight the citizens put up to get the BART authorities to put the railway underground. Appearing in the programme are: Wallace Johnson, previously Mayor of Berkeley, Councillor Ying Kelly, a local politician, Mr. John Fendell of the BART organisation, and Supervisor Joseph Bort. This colour film was shot entirely on location in the San Francisco Bay Area during October 1974 and is presented by Dr. David Potter, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the Open University.
This is the third of four colour film case studies devoted to BART. Our interest now moves to studying how the BART district came into conflict with the residents of Berkeley, an area through which... BART runs. The community resisted plans to build elevated tracks for the trains through their community and the programme describes the fight the citizens put up to get the BART authorities to put the railway underground. Appearing in the programme are: Wallace Johnson, previously Mayor of Berkeley, Councillor Ying Kelly, a local politician, Mr. John Fendell of the BART organisation, and Supervisor Joseph Bort. This colour film was shot entirely on location in the San Francisco Bay Area during October 1974 and is presented by Dr. David Potter, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the Open University.
| Module code and title: | D101, Making sense of society |
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| Item code: | D101; 27 |
| First transmission date: | 11-09-1975 |
| Published: | 1975 |
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| Duration: | 00:23:58 |
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| Producer: | Nicholas Gosling |
| Contributors: | John Fendell; David Potter |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | BART; San Francisco |
| Footage description: | Potter introduces the programme. Shots of BART under construction, the Bay Area, Berkeley and the University of California. He describes Berkeley briefly. Bert discusses some of the reasons why Berkeley was against elevated tracks. Johnson, a former mayor, looks at the initial BART response. Fendell, a BART engineer, looks at some problems caused by Berkeley's objection. Johnson describes how they queried BART's estimates and set up their own estimates, using Montreal as an example. Fendell and Bart also comment on these estimates. A legal technicality allowed Berkeley to appeal against BART. Johnson describes the hearings. Johnson continues to explain how he got BART to compromise by having a vote on the issue. The actual vote on whether to put the railway underground is described by Johnson. Potter sums up on the programme so far and looks at BART in operation in Berkeley. Kelly discusses the question of what should be done with the Land over the underground. Johnson concludes by looking back on the importance of the whole issue. Credits. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71841 |
| Production number: | 00525_2179 |
| Videofinder number: | 1685 |
| Available to public: | no |
